Overview of the perception process. The presentation covers perception terminology, process stages, and main takeaways.

1. Perception Process
David Toledo

2. Table of Contents
1. Perception Process Terminology
a. Cognition
b. Environment
c. Reality
d. Perception
2. The Perception Process
a. Select

3. Cognitions
Cognitions are the smallest awareness units.
Cognitions can be referred to as "stimuli."
Stimuli are sensory reactions picked up by
our five senses. Cognitions stimulate our
eyes, ears, nose, touch and taste.

4. Environment
Environment is what is around us. Environment is
the source of cognitions. If you are using a
computer right now, that computer is your
environment. You are receiving a variety of
cognitions from your computer. You are touching
the keys, viewing the screen and maybe even
listening to sounds coming from the computer.

5. Reality
Reality your mental interpretation of your
environment. Based on the cognitions we receive
and how we interpret them, we create a picture of
that environment in our mind. If you are doing well
with your computer right now, your reality of that
computer is positive. If, however, you are having
problems with your computer and you are having
trouble loading screens, then the reality of that
computer is negative.

6. Perception
Perception is the process we experience
that creates a reality from an environment.
This is how we take the cognitions of an
environment and from them develop an
interpretation in our heads called a reality.
Remember, perception is not the final
product, that is the reality. Perception is the
process we use to create that reality.

7. The Perception Process

8. Sort
Second, we sort those cognitions. In the sorting
stage we organize and prioritize our selected
cognitions. Each of us has a unique method for
organizing.

9. Select
First, we select cognitions from our
environment. The selection stage acts as the
filtering mechanism. The selection stage shape
what we notice and what we ignore.

10. Interpret
Third, we interpret our environment by
attracting meaning to our cognitions. In
this stage we define the data that we
selected and sorted.

11. Perception Process Takeaways
1. There is a difference between a reality and the environment.
2. No two people have identical realities.
3. Reality is not real, it is an illusion. The realities we create are not
real, the environment is real. The realities we create are just
figments of our imagination based on the cognitions of our
environment.
4. We argue realities, not environments. We don't argue what is in

12. THANK YOU
Rock on,
Perception Perceivers